Starting a Virtual machine in Azure
To start a virtual machine in Azure which has been created follow the below steps. There are 2 ways which we can start a virtual machine in the Azure portal one is by using the normal portal UI and another one is by using Azure CLI. Let us see the below steps
Step 1: Login into the Azure Portal and from resources select on the machine which you like to start
Step 2: Go to the Virtual machine and the details of the Virtual machine will be displayed as follows
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Step 3: On the top you will see a start button. Click on the start button to start the virtual machine.
Step 4: Once you start the virtual machine, you will get a notification at the top saying the virtual machine is starting
Step 5:Once it has started you can see the status of machine getting updated as “Running” as shown below
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Once the machine is up and running you can connect to the machine using either Remote Desktop or by telnet or putty if it’s a Linux system. You can also connect to a Linux system via RDP after installing a software called “X Launch” remotely on the system.